Archive for November 20, 2018

The 2018 season has been all about two New Jersey teams which aren’t really rivals in the traditional sense because they aren’t in the same league or division, but they have scheduled each other in the regular season and always seem to meet in the postseason.

In the 10th iteration of Eastern vs. Oak Knoll, it was Eastern taking a 3-1 win over Oak Knoll, cementing these two teams as a powerful and contrasting 1 and 2 teams in our Top 10.

Elsewhere, it was Mount Joy Donegal (Pa.) moving into the No. 5 slot after a scintillating end to the Indians’ championship final last Saturday as Mackenzie Allessie scored her 351st and final scholastic field hockey goal.

This is our last Top 10 of the 2018 season, and it will form the basis of our more well-researched Top 50 which will be coming in December. These Top 10 teams are not guaranteed to be in the same order when that list comes out.

Our RightToRightIsRight.com No. 11 Team of the Week is the University of North Carolina field hockey club, which won the National Field Hockey League title with a 3-2 overtime win over Virginia Tech in the championship final of the fall tournament.

1. Voorhees Eastern (N.J.) 27-0Season complete: Eastern caps off an undefeated season by winning the NJSIAA Tournament of Champions with a 3-1 defeat of Summit Oak Knoll (N.J.); the Vikings beat five state champions on the way to the 2018 T of C crown, and could be one of the most complete Eastern teams ever

2. Summit Oak Knoll (N.J.) 24-2Season complete: The Royals’ only two defeats of the 2018 season were to Eastern; the team did everything necessary to beat their South Jersey foes in the final but came up a bit short on the scoreboard

6. Gahanna Columbus Academy (Ohio) 19-0Season complete: The Vikings beat a Hudson (Ohio) team which had played an overtime game the day before against Worthington Thomas Worthington (Ohio)

7. Kingston Wyoming Seminary (Pa.) 21-2-1Season complete: The Blue Knights took a 2-0 win in the PIAA Class A final over Newport (Pa.) with a senior-laden team; lone losses were to Voorhees Eastern (N.J.) and Louisville Sacred Heart (Ky.)

10. Palmyra (Pa.) 19-6-1Season complete: The Cougars did everything they needed to end the season with a win, and seemingly had the momentum with consecutive corners in overtime, but were felled by the magic of Mackenzie Allessie

11. North Carolina Club 15-0-1The Sweethearts (yep, they call themselves that) rolled through the NFHL Fall Tournament at Virginia Beach pretty much unheaded until the final against Virginia Tech